“Hot Ones,” the show of hot questions and even hotter chicken wings, set a new record for its earliest live interview ever when host Sean Evans enlisted “Good Morning America” ​​anchor Robin Roberts to challenge her taste buds to endure a new level of spiciness before 9 a.m.

“They’re setting a record today,” Evans said of the shortened three-part version of his hit YouTube show First We Feast. “I hope it doesn’t turn into a nightmare as we go up this steep climb – and now we’re without a safety net for the first time.”

From Shaquille O’Neal to Idris Elba, Paul Rudd, Jennifer Lawrence, Cardi B, Sabrina Carpenter and most recently David Beckham, Evans has opened up over a plate of hot chicken wings in the recorded versions of the interview series, which Evans says “disrupts the formality of the whole thing.”

“You kind of forget that you’re on a show, that cameras are on you, when you’re just fighting to survive on the show,” he said.

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In the 10 years he’s hosted the hit series – which has seen DJ Khaled quit after just three wings in the first season or Conan O’Brien drink straight from the bottle – Evans said, “The people we’ve had on the show never cease to humble me.”

“Now I feel like there’s no one that’s out of reach,” he said at the start of season 25. “But I always like to win for the fans. Keanu Reeves is probably the most requested guest that we haven’t had on the show yet,” he said, adding that this is a far cry from the early days when “we basically had to trick people” to get on the show.

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Roberts took a seat at the iconic round table with its ironed black tablecloth, red napkins and wooden serving board and was served three chicken wings tossed in sauces from Heatonist – the official hot sauce partner of “Hot Ones” – and of course a pitcher of ice water, a glass of milk and a bowl of ice cream to dull any potential pepper after-effects.

They started with an approachable wing dish called “The Classic,” a garlicky Fresno chili sauce, while Evans asked Roberts which of her early jobs — which include working as a school bus driver and as a country radio DJ — she remembered most fondly.

“I liked both of them,” she began. “As a school bus driver, that responsibility was very special.”

“But the DJ,” she continued, pausing to cough after taking a big first bite of the spicy chicken wing, “I loved being a DJ.”

She then recited her WFPR14 call to action.

As Roberts took a big bite of the second wing drenched in Los Calientes Barbacoa, a 4 out of 10 on the Scoville heat scale, Evans asked her for her “advice for those who think they can never be morning people.”

“This wakes me up,” she joked, reaching for the glass of milk.

She continued, “You have to change your mindset. I’m an athlete and I was very nocturnal. But the morning is tough. If you just focus on that, you really have to change your mindset. And blackout blinds. Sleep is very, very important.”

As they reached the end of the ordeal with the infamous “The Last Dab Xperience”—the hottest sauce on “Hot Ones,” made with the Guinness Book of World Records-confirmed hottest chili, Pepper X—Roberts added an extra dollop to the last drumette and waved her red napkin as she took the final bite.

“The good news is you made it to the end,” Evans said.

Then he asked his final question: “I know you live by the wisdom your mother passed down to you. I’m curious: Is there a piece of advice, a piece of wisdom, a saying that you think she would say to you right now while your brain is slowly frying in hot sauce on live television?”

“I’m coming to visit you, Mom,” she said, pointing to the sky, her eyes watering from the heat. “She told me, ‘If you strut, you’ll stumble. Never get too big for your britches.’ And that’s something she always taught me.”